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Repeating a previous comment on the FAA: -- We need an administration that will greenlight Starship flights immediately, so that the pace of its development c
by ETH_start 2y ago
Repeating a previous comment on the FAA:
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We need an administration that will greenlight Starship flights immediately, so that the pace of its development can increase. The FAA is currently far too conservative in approving launches, by overindexing on the local risks posed by launches relative to the global risks of delaying space expansion.
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I'll also add that the US could potentially massively benefit if regulatory agencies like the FAA switched from pre-market approval to post-market surveillance. This article explains the difference and singles out the FAA and how we could have had actual "flying cars" by now had its regulatory approach been like the Department of Transportation's (DOT):
https://open.substack.com/pub/maximumprogress/p/how-the-faa-is-keeping-flying-cars https://open.substack.com/pub/maximumprogress/p/how-the-faa-...